During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 wins & 11 nominations total
Anne-Louise Lambert
- Miranda St Clare
- (as Anne Lambert)
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
- Tom
- (as Anthony Llewellyn-Jones)
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- TriviaRussell Boyd reportedly enhanced the film's diffuse and ethereal look with the simple technique of placing a piece of bridal veil over the camera lens.
- GoofsThe movie takes place in February 1900, 11 months before the Australian colonies federated and 11 years before the creation of the Australian Capital Territory within New South Wales. When Mrs Appleyard addresses the gathered pupils to communicate the merciful deliverance of their classmate Irma, the NSW map behind nearby Miss Lumley clearly shows the existence of the ACT (defined in red).
- Alternate versionsThe Director's Cut released in 1998 (available on Criterion DVD) is seven minutes shorter than the original version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Picnic at Wolf Creek (2006)
- SoundtracksEine Kleine Nachtmusik, 2nd Movement
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Purposefully vague...yet even on that level it is half-realized
This Peter Weir drama is so languid and low-keyed, art-house lovers are always tempted to pass it on as an automatic masterpiece (witness the 1,000+ people on this board who gave it a 10). Plot concerns three turn-of-the-century schoolgirls who disappear along with their teacher while on a field trip with their class in the Australian Outback. Film takes a very odd approach: it wants the mystery to be unexplainable, yet all the while drops little clues along the way. It has a sinister atmosphere that eventually gives way to irritation because nothing is ever done with the trappings of the premise. It's a striking film visually but not verbally, as the line-readings of the young girls are rather monotonous (possibly on purpose). Weir shows a great gift for visual communication, however his narrative suffers in the process. As a result, that beautiful, haunting final shot ends up not meaning much and "Picnic At Hanging Rock" leaves its audience swatting at red herrings. **1/2 from ****
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- moonspinner55
- Jul 11, 2001
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- Picknick am Valentinstag
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- Budget
- A$440,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $49,582
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,492
- Jun 28, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $83,078
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By what name was Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) officially released in India in English?
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